MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - I

Paper Code: 
DBCA 502B
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The student should be able to understand the basic concepts of mobile computing and be familiar with the network protocol stack. And gain knowledge about different mobile platforms.

Unit I: 

Introduction to Mobile Computing: Introduction to Mobile Computing, Mobile Computing Vs wireless Networking, Mobile computing Applications – Characteristics of Mobile computing, Structure of Mobile computing Application.

MAC Protocols :Properties required for MAC Protocols, Wireless MAC Issues, Fixed Assignment Schemes, Random Assignment Schemes and Reservation Based Schemes.

Unit II: 

Mobile Ad -Hoc Networks: Mobile Ad -Hoc Networks Ad-Hoc Basic Concepts, Characteristics, Applications, Design Issues, Routing –Essential of Traditional Routing Protocols, Popular Routing Protocols, Vehicular Ad Hoc networks ( VANET) , MANET Vs VANET, Security

Unit III: 

Mobile Platforms And Applications: Mobile Platforms And Applications Mobile Device Operating Systems, Special Constrains & Requirements.

Introduction to Mobile Application: Introduction to Mobile Application: Preliminary Considerations, Understanding Mobile Platforms, Mobile SDK, linux kernel, different types of mobile application their characteristics and usages.

Unit IV: 

Diving into Mobile:App or Website. Introduction to Android, IOS, Windows, Blackberry.Mobile User Interface Design.

Unit V: 

Creating Consumable Web Services for Mobile Devices. Mobile websites

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  1. Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Rajib Mall, “Fundamentals of Mobile Computing”, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi – 2012.
  2. Jeff McWherter, Scott Gowell, “Professional Mobile Application Development”, Wrox Publications, September 2012.
REFERENCES: 
  1. Jochen H. Schller, “Mobile Communications”, Second Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2007.
  2. Dharma Prakash Agarval, Qing and An Zeng, "Introduction to Wireless and Mobile systems", Thomson Asia Pvt. Ltd, 2005.
  3. Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklons and Thomas Stober, “Principles of Mobile Computing”, Springer, 2003.
  4. William.C.Y.Lee,“Mobile Cellular Telecommunications -Analog and Digital Systems”, Second Edition,Tata Mc Graw Hill Edition ,2006.
  5. C.K.Toh, “AdHoc Mobile Wireless Networks”, First Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
  6. Android Developers : http://developer.android.com/index.html
  7. Apple Developer : https://developer.apple.com/
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